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Computer Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA  \n2 Dept. Biochemistry, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA  \n3 Mesa Analytics & Computing, INC., Santa Fe, NM 87501  \n4 IDSC Biotech Network, Chelsea, MI 48118  \nEmail: [epontell@cs.nmsu.edu](epontell@cs.nmsu.edu)  \n*Corresponding author  \nAbstract: One of the difficulties in teaching basic molecular biology concepts to the students with little biological background is the lack of hands-on exercises that combines the challenges ofthe concepts with visualization and immediate feedback. BIOPS Interactive is a web-based interactive learning environment for molecular biology that complements traditional lecture and text coursework. It includes a set of exercises of basic concepts about molecules through the use of interactive graphics and scientific visualization. Students can gain immediate feedback of their exercises, and the instructor can get the real-time feedback about students’ performance. In addition to the existing exercises, BIOPS provides a simple platform for instructors to create exercises of their own, or to modify existing ones. The preliminary feedback from BIOPS users has been positive.  \nKeywords: molecular biology, web-based education, interactive animation.  \nIntroduction  \nThe need for interdisciplinary education with respect to the field of biology has grown significantly during the past decade, fueled by the growing popularity of biologically motivated courses in disciplines like mathematical and computer science, and the prominent role that bioinformatics and computational methods have gained in biological investigations (e.g., (Johnson, 2001)) .  \nThe introduction of basic concepts from molecular biology to students with limited biology background (e.g., beginning biology undergraduate majors and students from other disciplines) is a challenging problem. Molecular biology concepts such as protein and DNA are often blended with the basic chemistry, 3-dimensional geometry, and biological relevance. Because of the underlying complexity of these concepts, it is vital to go beyond the text and pictures that can be found in a textbook.  \nThe literature has also highlighted the importance of interaction and constructivism in the teaching of traditional sciences (Driver et al., 1994; Yeany, 1991) . In particular, several studies have underlined the need to introduce components of creative enquiry and collaborative learning in  \nintroductory biology courses (Allen and Tanner, 2005; Lord, 1997; Millen, 2003) . In presenting fundamental biology concepts to a novice student audience, it is desirable to have a set of well-designed exercises to challenge the students using an interactive and graphical environment. The literature has highlighted the importance of providing continuous feedback on the progress in the learning process, and the great impact that interactive environments have on retaining students’ attention (Windelspecht, 2001) . A natural consequence of this is the need for the instructor to be able to easily modify the exercises to address the needs of the class.  \nComputational tools offer solutions to enable viewing and investigating molecular biological entities (Honts, 2003; Musante, 2004) . These tools are interesting, as they combine 3-dimensional visual representations with interactive behavior – e.g., selecting and deselecting parts of a molecule, zooming and rotation. Nevertheless, many viewers are often awkward to use and not designed to serve the educational mission – being designed as independent tools to be used by expert scientists.  \nThis paper presents a novel tool to address these problems, called BIOPS Interactive (or, simply, BIOPS). The tool proposes to narrow the","cbCaijy4ijfo7S5H","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijy4ijfo7S5H","pdf",741781,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Interdisciplinary education in biology\n## Need for interactive, continuous feedback\n## Limits of existing computational viewers\n# BIOPS Interactive Overview\n# Materials and Methods","[{\"question\":\"What problem does BIOPS Interactive target in molecular biology education?\",\"answer\":\"It targets the difficulty of teaching basic molecular biology concepts to students with little background by providing hands-on, visualization-driven exercises with immediate feedback.\"},{\"question\":\"How does BIOPS Interactive support both students and instructors?\",\"answer\":\"Students receive immediate feedback on their exercises, while instructors can view real-time information about student performance and progress.\"},{\"question\":\"Can instructors create or change learning exercises in BIOPS?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. 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